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We are a British couple who set off in 2016 to sail around the world on our 37ft monohull. Thousands of miles and multiple oceans later, the adventure is still ongoing. Our videos document our adventures and life aboard as we travel the world full time on our sail boat Florence. Join us as we cross oceans, meet new cultures, find beautiful places and experience the highs and lows of the liveaboard lifestyle. Florence is an Oyster Heritage 37, full boat tour here: https://youtu.be/OGuiKC53fds Our dinghy is called The Machine, find out all about her here: https://youtu.be/XDf3zkRpdk0
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Sailing North up the North Sea overnight, dodging windfarms and bouncing through wind against tide on our way to the Historic and Famous port of Whitby. Sailing Florence around Britain.
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Setting Sail for our New Adventure. Our new sails arrive and we sail out of Portsmouth Harbour straight into an overnight sail. This is the start of a new sailing voyage, BUT not the one we had originally planned. We share our NEW PLANS and in this episode.
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View our refitted BLUE WATER OCEAN SAILBOAT. Look inside and see what has changed after a mammoth refit and how we have prepared her for her next challenge. We have applied what we have learned over 50,000 miles of offshore sailing onboard, and over 7 years of the liveaboard lifestyle.
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The final push to get out of the boatyard and re-float Florence for the next adventure. If we miss this tide we will be STUCK HERE FOR ANOTHER MONTH! We have to: Make her watertight; Leave the shed; Put the mast up; Re-rig her; Finish the electrical Installation; and Launch.
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Ripping out the old and installing a massive new upgrade to our sailboat. For years our power and electronics systems have been struggling on our 1980's boat. In this episode we bring Florence into 21st century with entirely new onboard electrical and electronic systems.
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Revealing Florence's new look after 6 months of refit work, now we are getting somewhere! New paint, new varnish, new deck.
We have been sailing around the world for 8 years after setting off from England in 2016 on board our 37ft sail boat Florence. Now we are re-fitting her ready for the next adventure....
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Heating will be crucial to enjoying our voyage to the Arctic, in this episode we decide upon and install a new boat heater for Florence and explain our reasons for choosing it.
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How do you keep an old sailboat warm? Welcome to the challenge of fitting insulation to an old boat. Living in a cold damp environment isn't much fun, so before we sail Florence north to colder climates we need to add insulation to keep us warm and reduce the condensation that will form inside. In this...
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The most difficult repair job yet, fitting 9m lengths of straight aluminum toe rail to Florence's curves. This job had us worried... As if that wasn't enough we also replace our windows and our steering!
We have been sailing around the world for 7 years after setting off from England in 2016 on board...
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Wrecking our boat was the painful first stage of fixing her problems so that we can set sail once more. 8 years ago we were searching for a boat to to take us around the world. But within that search most boats had major problems which were way outside of our budget, experience, and timescale to fix....
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Repairing Florence ready for the next adventure. 50,000 miles of offshore ocean sailing has taken its toll on our boat. We take Florence into the boat yard and strip her out for a survey. The result is a daunting list of work that we need to do ourselves before we can re-launch Florence and set sail...
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This is it, the final leg, sailing home to an unbelievable welcome. As we sailed past the iconic needles and back into the Solent, 7 years and 50,000 ocean sailing miles after we left, it brought out a lot of emotions in us. Being joined by hundreds of our followers, friends and family both on the water...
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